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As an official he worked inside the omb rising to a senior position. deputy associate director for national security programs. in that role he would have insight into this process. its worth noting, weve reported before that career officials inside the omb were uneasy with the process that was taking place to the point they were cut out because the political appointees had come in to push this directive out. so it is unclear how much mark sandy knows and how much visibility he had into the actua...

Rednose senior congressional correspondent. there are, what, now? three officials who are being issed ais subpoenaed and why are they important? yes, three. two from the white house office of management and budget including the acting director as well as the associate director of national security programs michael duffy and a senior state department official mr. brechbuhl all served with subpoenas by this democratic-led impeachment effort. democrats are trying to understand why the aid for ukrai...

Her behalf. still, even though there is some good will, there are other folks like the state and naacp saying they were taken off guard by trumps visit. other students i talked to earlier said they take umbridge with the fact that many students werent invited. according to a number of sources, only ten students from benedict college where the president is speaking right now, only ten were invited. so some say its a clear curated room of his supporters without much nuance in terms of how people v...

Parties want to look into. one lawmaker i spoke to said his read was taylor had extenze ichb notes that memorialized many of the conversations he was talking about. something lawmakers didnt get during his deposition, but he was going to be certain theyll be looking for in the days ahead. guys? >> phil mattingly, thank you. the white house calling the testimony a coordinated smear attack from radical unelected bureaucrats. keep in mind it was secretary of state mike pompeo who asked taylor to co...

Conspiracies spread about the former ambassador to ukraine. we are expecting michael duffy to answer questions on wednesday. he is the associate director for national security programs in the office of management and budget. now "the wall street journal" reports that duffey was to keep aid to ukraine on hold. two depositions are scheduled for thursday. laura cooper, the deputy assistant secretary of defense and alexander vindman. then expecting a foreign service officer stationed in kiev so sit ...

Expressed serious concern about why the trump administration was withholding aid to ukraine. then we take you to wednesday. the 23rd, acting assistant secretary of european of european affairs, and office of management and budget associate director for national security programs, michael duffey. those two were set to be deposed. thursday, another double header for you. we have deputy assistant secretary of defense, laura cooper, whose testimony was postponed from friday along with director of eu...

Investigative reporter for politico. and mieke eoyang. she is a lawyer, a former house intelligence committee staff member, and now the vice president for national security programs at the third way. mieke, i wanted to get your reaction to this, since youre an intelligence professional having worked on the intelligence committee in the house. you hear what weve just heard from both the reuters report, more contacts than we knew about between jared kushner and russians, and now this block buster ...

And mieke eoyang. she is a lawyer, a former house intelligence committee staff member, and now the vice president for national security programs at the third way. mieke, i wanted to get your reaction to this, since youre an intelligence professional having worked on the intelligence committee in the house. you hear what weve just heard from both the reuters report, more contacts than we knew about between jared kushner and russians, and now this block buster in "the washington post" tonight abou...

Communications back to moscow that are beyond the reach of u.s. surveillance, right? why would they want to bring an american into their version of a scif, a secure compartmented facility, where their communications gear are set up to have communications with moscow that cant be intercepted. why would they want an american on that line? >> greg miller, thank you very much for joining us tonight with this stunning report. another one in "the washington post." really appreciate it. were joined now...

Lookie, lookie. what we got here? >> that is not whats in the prompter. >> im mara schiavocampo. last time you tried to dodge me. >> i did not. >> last time i was here you called in sick or something. were together today. >> no. mara schiavocampo, havent had a chance to sit with you at the desk since i started abc. i know something came up last time you were here. my goodness, good to have you. >> good to be back. >> thank you so much. we got breaking news overnight here. >> the government a sho...